Originally Posted by
megan
In one of the TV reports it has a company statement that the weather was poor with heavy rain. Of the scenarios put forward I'm going with the long touch down and off the end by the quoted 150 metres, coming to rest pointed in the direction of travel.
Interesting that the ASN/FSF report is now hedging its bets, too:
Originally Posted by
India Four Two
The above assertion has now been removed from ASN's report and replaced with
Air Niugini stated that the aircraft "landed short of the runway". Other reports suggest the aircraft overshot the runway on landing. The position of the aircraft relative to the runway, suggests the overrun to be a more plausible scenario.